Vehicle construction.



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VEHICLE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3. |917.

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Patented Apr. 8,1919.

JOHN NIKIOLAIYTYPPI,br-1RoNi3EIT,WrscoivsIN. i i

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Be it known that I, yJox-In NIKOLAI Trrrr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Iron Belt, in the `county of Iron and' State of Wisconsin, have invented Certain new' and useful Improvements 1n Vehicle Construc#u tion, of which the following' is a specification. c This invention relates to improvements in vehicle construction and more particularly to light buggy construction. OneA object is to provide a vehicle adapted to be drawn by draft animals and to provide the front axle.

with steering knuckles upon which the front wheels are Amounted and which are operatively connected to `the shaft supporting member so that theV wheels will be turned with and by the turning of the tongue or shaft. A further object is to provide a novel form of connection for the steering knuckle which will act as ashock absorber to take up the jolt incident to travel over v rough roads. i Y With the foregoing and other oblects in tion and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the ap# pended claim and illustrated in the accomf.

PMU/ing drawings which forni a part of this specification, and in `whichwl Y r Flgure 1 is@ Plan Vlewof a vehiclepcon- Y structed according to my invention.;

j 3 the reach rods connecting. said axles which rods are further connected to said axles by the brace bars 4. The usual bolster 5 is connected straps 6 to the axle 1 andto the lifth wheel 7 bybolts totheaxle 1-by the draw boltf9 which also Vpasses through and ypivotally engages the. arm l10 ,that carries theshaftlL vflic the saidI arm' 10 rods 12'ar'e ysecured which are pvotally connected to the'linksl whichiinks (in the Figsgl and 2) are integral with the knuckles 14 rjournaled fin the ,bifurcated' ends 15 of,

i Specification of Letters Ifatent; Apr, 8,1919.' Appncaaonfneamaya1917.. serialnfleliee i' 'i the said Ashaft 1, which knuckles areddire'ctly w i connected to the frontfwheelsl. f f

` In Figs. 3 'and a the links' 13 are rigidly connected to stub laxlesl and vto the knucg 'i uponpoppositesides osaid post 18 with ,the stop collars 20 between which and the said post 18 coil springs y21 are positioned upon kles 17 VV.through the posts 18 vof which' the rods 19 extend, saidy rods 19 being provided p the saidrods; The rods are movable with relation to the-po'stsflSlso that sudden jerks of said rods are notfpositively imparted to the said knuckles: f

What is claimed is :-r f

The combination with anvehicle axle fhav-M p ing bifurcated ends,` of: stubaxles'pivotally view the invention conslsts in the comblnamounted therein, Wheels carried/by said l stub axles,lan :arm pivotla'llv` connected to lsaid vehicle aXle,rod`s pivotally carried by said arm andextending therefrom in opposite directions, knuckles,pbstsslidably connectf ingsaid rods and knuckles, spaced stop co1.,

larsarranged upon said rods upon opposite sides of saidv posts,` and`v expansion springs arranged upon 'said rodsi andabuttingjsaid retaining the .latter midway hetweensaid stop collars. f

nesses.

Witnesses: i

OSCAR. GUs'rArsoN, Y* HENRY 5 EsxoLA.

stop collars and said postsl for yieldinglyv 80 JOHN NIKoLAI Trient. l"

Cores of this patent', may be obtained for ve cents? `etw'hn'by` addressingfthe Commissioner otfatentl;

Washington, D. 0., 

